Film - Section 2 - Chapter 1

Representation and Reality

Representation

A sign or symbol that communicates meaning with a combination of content and form; a horse is real where as a sculpture of a horse is an artist’s representation.

Celluloid

The transparent plastic material

Animation cels

A clear sheet of plastic on which artists draw individual elements of an image.

Romantic comedy

A subgenre of the comedy genre in which 2 people fall in love with comedies.

Mise-En-Scene

All elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed: settings, props, lighting, costumes, makeup, and figure behavior. The French meaning is that which has been put into the scene or onstage.

Location

At a preexisting, real place

shot

The basic element of filmmaking - a piece of film run through the camera, exposed, and developed; an uninterrupted run of the camera; or an uninterrupted image on film.

Take

A single recording of a shot

Close-up

A shot that isolates an object in the image, making it appear relatively large.

medium shot

human body waist up

Three Quarter shot

Takes in the human body from just below the knees

full shot

entire human body

long shot

long distance

Eye-level shot

A shot taken from the height of an average human being, so the camera appear to be looking straight at the characters and/or objects being filmed

Low-Angle shot

The camera is in effect looking up at the subject.

High-Angle shot

The camera is looking down

Dutch Tilt

A shot that tilts, often drastically, off the standard/or vertical axis

Two-shot

A shot in which 2 people appear, usually in medium distance or closer.

Three-shot

A shot in which 3 people dominate the image

Master shot

A shot taken from a long distance that includes as much of the set or location as possible and all the characters in the scene.

undercrank

produces fast motion

overcrank

produces slow motion

synchronized sound film

Characters being seen and heard speaking at the same time on onscreen

Image tracks

Portion of the cinematic medium that contains the picture, as opposed to the soundtrack

Lexiconned

Speeding of the standard 24 frames per second by a matter of mere hundredths of a frame per second to as much as one frame per second.

Composition

The formal arrangements of shapes within the image, including people, sets, props, and landscape elements.

Academy ration

The standard aspect ratio established in 1932 by Academy of Motion picture arts and sciences

Editing

The process of splicing one shot to another; synonymous with cutting.